List of people on the United States cover of Rolling Stone (2010s)

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This is a list of people (real or fictional) appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in the 2010s. This list is for the regular biweekly, and later monthly, issues of the magazine, including variant covers, and does not include special issues. Issue numbers that include a slash (XXX/YYY) are combined double issues.

2010[edit]

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1096 January 21, 2010 None Global warming cover story
1097 February 4, 2010 John Mayer
1098 February 18, 2010 Lil Wayne
1099 March 4, 2010 Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton
1100 March 18, 2010 Shaun White
1101 April 1, 2010 Jimi Hendrix
1102 April 15, 2010 Glee cast (Dianna Agron, Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison)
1103 April 29, 2010 The Black Eyed Peas (apl.de.ap, Fergie, Taboo, will.i.am)
1104 May 13, 2010 Robert Downey Jr.
1105 May 27, 2010 Mick Jagger
Keith Richards
1106 June 10, 2010 Russell Brand
1107 June 24, 2010 Jay-Z
1108/1109 July 8–22, 2010 Lady Gaga
1110 August 5, 2010 Leonardo DiCaprio
1111 August 19, 2010 Katy Perry
1112 September 2, 2010 True Blood cast (Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgård)
1113 September 16, 2010 Mad Men cast (Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss)
1114 September 30, 2010 Roger Waters
1115 October 14, 2010 Barack Obama The Hot List 2010
1116 October 28, 2010 Keith Richards
1117 November 11, 2010 Conan O'Brien
1118 November 25, 2010 Eminem
1119 December 9, 2010 None Cover story on artists' playlists
1120/1121 December 23, 2010 – January 6, 2011 John Lennon

2011[edit]

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1122 January 20, 2011 Jimmy Fallon
1123 February 3, 2011 Lil Wayne
1124 February 17, 2011 Elton John
1125 March 3, 2011 Justin Bieber
1126 March 17, 2011 Snooki
1127 March 31, 2011 Howard Stern
1128 April 14, 2011 Rihanna
1129 April 28, 2011 Adele
1130 May 12, 2011 Steven Tyler
1131 May 26, 2011 Bob Dylan
1132 June 9, 2011 Lady Gaga
1133 June 23, 2011 Zach Galifianakis
1134/1135 July 7–21, 2011 Katy Perry (front cover), Dave Grohl (back cover)
1136 August 4, 2011 Larry David
1137 August 18, 2011 The Sheepdogs (Sam Corbett, Ewan Currie, Ryan Gullen, Leot Hanson) Group was the winner of a Rolling Stone contest in which readers voted among several unsigned acts to appear on the cover
1138 September 1, 2011 Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea, Anthony Kiedis, Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith)
1139 September 15, 2011 George Harrison
1140 September 29, 2011 Jon Stewart
1141 October 13, 2011 Pink Floyd Cover did not show the band members, only a take-off of the cover for their album The Dark Side of the Moon
1142 October 27, 2011 Steve Jobs
1143 November 10, 2011 Eddie Murphy The Hot List 2011
1144 November 24, 2011 George Clooney
1145 December 8, 2011 Eric Clapton "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Eddie Van Halen
1146/1147 December 22, 2011 – January 5, 2012 People from covers of issues 1123, 1127, 1129–1136, 1139, 1140, 1143 2011 year-end issue

2012[edit]

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1148 January 19, 2012 The Black Keys (Dan Auerbach, Patrick Carney)
1149 February 2, 2012 David Bowie
1150 February 16, 2012 The Voice cast (Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, Blake Shelton)
1151 March 1, 2012 Paul McCartney
1152 March 15, 2012 Whitney Houston
1153 March 29, 2012 Bruce Springsteen
1154 April 12, 2012 Jennifer Lawrence
1155 April 26, 2012 Radiohead (Colin Greenwood, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke)
1156 May 10, 2012 Barack Obama
1157 May 24, 2012 Peter Dinklage
1158 June 7, 2012 Adam Yauch
1159 June 21, 2012 Charlie Sheen
1160/1161 July 5–19, 2012 deadmau5
1162 August 2, 2012 Justin Bieber
1163 August 16, 2012 Breaking Bad cast (Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul)
1164 August 30, 2012 Rick Ross
1165 September 13, 2012 Mitt Romney
1166 September 27, 2012 Bob Dylan
1167 October 11, 2012 Adele (front cover), Amy Heidemann (back cover) Heidemann appeared on the cover after her group Karmin won Rolling Stone's "Women Who Rock" cover contest[1]
1168 October 25, 2012 Taylor Swift The Hot List 2012
1169 November 8, 2012 Barack Obama
1170 November 22, 2012 Daniel Craig (front cover), Pitbull (back cover)
1171 December 6, 2012 Jimmy Page
1172/1173 December 20, 2012 – January 3, 2013 Eminem "The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time" cover story
Jay-Z
The Notorious B.I.G.
Tupac Shakur

2013[edit]

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1174 January 17, 2013 Jimmy Kimmel
1175 January 31, 2013 30 Rock cast (Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan)
1176 February 14, 2013 Rihanna
1177 February 28, 2013 Lena Dunham
1178 March 14, 2013 Billie Joe Armstrong
1179 March 28, 2013 Mumford & Sons (Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, Marcus Mumford)
1180 April 11, 2013 Jon Hamm
1181 April 25, 2013 Louis C.K.
1182 May 9, 2013 Bruno Mars
1183 May 23, 2013 The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood)
1184 June 6, 2013 Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo)
1185 June 20, 2013 This Is the End cast (James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen)
1186/1187 July 4–18, 2013 Johnny Depp
1188 August 1, 2013 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
1189 August 15, 2013 Bruce Springsteen Cover includes unidentified concertgoers
1190 August 29, 2013 Macklemore
1191 September 12, 2013 Bob Dylan
1192 September 26, 2013 Michael J. Fox
1193 October 10, 2013 Miley Cyrus The Hot List 2013
1194 October 24, 2013 Andrew Lincoln
1195 November 7, 2013 Paul McCartney
1196 November 21, 2013 Lou Reed (front cover), Naya Rivera (back cover)
1197 December 5, 2013 Eminem
1198/1199 December 19, 2013 – January 2, 2014 Will Ferrell

2014[edit]

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1200 January 16, 2014 The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)
1201 January 30, 2014 Lorde
1202 February 13, 2014 Pope Francis
1203 February 27, 2014 Philip Seymour Hoffman Drake was originally planned to be on the cover, but was replaced by Hoffman after the latter's sudden death.[2]
1204 March 13, 2014 Justin Bieber
1205 March 27, 2014 Skrillex
1206 April 10, 2014 KISS (Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley)
1207 April 24, 2014 Julia Louis-Dreyfus
1208 May 8, 2014 Kit Harington
1209 May 22, 2014 Neil Patrick Harris
1210 June 5, 2014 Jack White
1211 June 19, 2014 Eric Church Country music issue
Miranda Lambert
1212/1213 July 3–17, 2014 Melissa McCarthy
1214 July 31, 2014 Lana Del Rey
1215 August 14, 2014 Katy Perry
1216 August 28, 2014 Willie Nelson
1217 September 11, 2014 Robin Williams
1218 September 25, 2014 Taylor Swift
1219 October 9, 2014 John Oliver
1220 October 23, 2014 Barack Obama
1221 November 6, 2014 U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.)
1222 November 20, 2014 Bob Dylan
1223 December 4, 2014 Dave Grohl The Hot List 2014
1224/1225 December 18, 2014 – January 1, 2015 Seth Rogen

2015[edit]

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1226 January 15, 2015 Nicki Minaj
1227 January 29, 2015 Stevie Nicks
1228 February 12, 2015 Sam Smith
1229 February 26, 2015 John Belushi
1230 March 12, 2015 Madonna
1231 March 26, 2015 Kendrick Lamar Lamar appears with stylist Dianne Garcia
1232 April 9, 2015 Ringo Starr
1233 April 23, 2015 Kurt Cobain
1234 May 7, 2015 The Hulk
1235 May 21, 2015 David Letterman
1236 June 4, 2015 The Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir)
1237 June 18, 2015 Orange Is the New Black cast (Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling)
1238 July 2, 2015 Rush (Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart)
1239/1240 July 16–30, 2015 Kim Kardashian
1241 August 13, 2015 Kevin Hart
1242 August 27, 2015 Dr. Dre, Ice Cube
1243 September 10, 2015 Dez Bryant NFL issue
Andrew Luck
Russell Wilson
1244 September 24, 2015 Donald Trump
1245 October 8, 2015 Barack Obama
1246 October 22, 2015 Keith Richards
1247 November 5, 2015 The Weeknd
1248 November 19, 2015 Adele
1249 December 3, 2015 Bernie Sanders The Hot List 2015
1250/1251 December 17–31, 2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast (BB-8, John Boyega, Chewbacca, Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley)

2016[edit]

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1252 January 14, 2016 5 Seconds of Summer (Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Ashton Irwin)
1253 January 28, 2016 Leonardo DiCaprio
1254 February 11, 2016 David Bowie
1255 February 25, 2016 Chris Martin
1256 March 10, 2016 Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump
1257 March 24, 2016 Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders
1258 April 7, 2016 James Franco
1259 April 21, 2016 Ramones (Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Tommy Ramone)
1260 May 5, 2016 Merle Haggard
1261 May 19, 2016 Prince
1262 June 2, 2016 Oscar Isaac Isaac appears with his dog, Moby[3]
1263 June 16, 2016 Lin-Manuel Miranda
1264 July 1, 2016 Muhammad Ali
1265/1266 July 14–28, 2016 Future
1267 August 11, 2016 Jared Leto
1268 August 25, 2016 Paul McCartney
1269 September 8, 2016 James Corden
1270 September 22, 2016 Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt)
1271 October 6, 2016 Uzo Aduba, Alan Alda, Jason Alexander, Gillian Anderson, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Aykroyd, Alec Baldwin, Lucille Ball, Beavis and Butt-head, John Belushi, Kyle Broflovski, Steve Carell, Johnny Carson, Eric Cartman, Kyle Chandler, Dave Chappelle, Chevy Chase, Emilia Clarke, John Cleese, Stephen Colbert, Courteney Cox, Bryan Cranston, Claire Danes, Larry David, Danny DeVito, Peter Dinklage, David Duchovny, Lena Dunham, Idris Elba, Peter Falk, Tina Fey, Dennis Franz, James Gandolfini, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ricky Gervais, Ilana Glazer, Larry Hagman, Jon Hamm, Kit Harington, Sherman Hemsley, Christina Hendricks, Abbi Jacobson, Keegan-Michael Key, Jack Klugman, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Letterman, Andrew Lincoln, Louis C.K., Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kyle MacLachlan, Stan Marsh, Danny McBride, Kenny McCormick, Mary Tyler Moore, Elisabeth Moss, Leonard Nimoy, Carroll O'Connor, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jordan Peele, Matthew Perry, Tony Randall, Norman Reedus, Isabel Sanford, Santa's Little Helper, David Schwimmer, Jerry Seinfeld, Rod Serling, Garry Shandling, William Shatner, Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Marge Simpson, John Slattery, Snowball II, Kevin Spacey, Jon Stewart, Kiefer Sutherland, Jeffrey Tambor, Jimmie Walker, Dominic West, Michael K. Williams, Henry Winkler "The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" cover story; cover includes unidentified walker from The Walking Dead
1272 October 20, 2016 Bruce Springsteen
1273 November 3, 2016 Kevin Durant
1274 November 17, 2016 Bruno Mars The Hot List 2016
1275 December 1, 2016 The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
1276/1277 December 15–29, 2016 Barack Obama

2017[edit]

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1278/1279 January 12–26, 2017 Emma Stone
1280 February 9, 2017 Paris Jackson
1281/1282 February 23 – March 9, 2017 John Oliver
1283 March 23, 2017 Ed Sheeran
1284 April 6, 2017 Donald Trump
1285 April 20, 2017 Chuck Berry
1286 May 4, 2017 Harry Styles
1287 May 18, 2017 Chris Rock
1288 June 1, 2017 Lorde
1289 June 15, 2017 Thom Yorke
1290 June 29, 2017 Rachel Maddow
1291/1292 July 13–27, 2017 Emilia Clarke
1293 August 10, 2017 Justin Trudeau
1294 August 24, 2017 Kendrick Lamar
1295 September 7, 2017 Gal Gadot
1296 September 21, 2017 Dave Grohl
1297 October 5, 2017 Donald Trump
1298 October 19, 2017 Kesha
1299 November 2, 2017 Tom Petty
1300 November 16, 2017 Cardi B The Hot List 2017
1301 November 30, 2017 Elon Musk
1302/1303 December 14–28, 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi cast (Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley)

2018[edit]

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1304/1305 January 11–25, 2018 Bono
1306/1307 February 8–22, 2018 Migos (Offset, Quavo, Takeoff)
1308 March 8, 2018 Chadwick Boseman
1309/1310 March 22 – April 5, 2018 Jack White
1311/1312 April 19 – May 3, 2018 Dwayne Johnson
1313/1314 May 17–30, 2018 Janelle Monáe
1315/1316 June 14–28, 2018 Camila Cabello
1317 July 2018 Cardi B, Offset
1318 August 2018 Eric Church
1319 September 2018 Stephen Colbert
1320 October 2018 Aretha Franklin
1321 November 2018 Zoë Kravitz The Hot List 2018
1322 December 2018 Shawn Mendes

2019[edit]

Issue number Cover date People on cover Notes
1323 January 2019 Travis Scott
1324 February 2019 Jordan Peele
1325 March 2019 Jahana Hayes, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Nancy Pelosi "Women Shaping the Future" cover story
1326 April 2019 Game of Thrones cast (Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams)
1327 May 2019 Willie Nelson
1328 June 2019 Howard Stern
1329 July 2019 Halsey The Hot List 2019
1330 August 2019 Billie Eilish
1331 September 2019 Harry Styles
1332 October 2019 Taylor Swift
1333 November 2019 Lana Del Rey, Elton John "Musicians on Musicians" cover story
1334 December 2019 Adam Driver

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Karmin Win Women Who Rock Contest". rollingstone.com. September 25, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Rolling Stone: 50 Years of Covers: A History of the Most Influential Magazine in Pop Culture. New York, NY: Abrams Books. 2018. p. 680. ISBN 978-1-4197-2902-7.
  3. ^ "11 Things We Learned Hanging With Oscar Isaac". rollingstone.com. May 26, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2017.

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